SUO: MSO ballot canceled due to new IEEE voting rules
Reposted due to list problems:
SUO Voting Members,
Below is an IEEE announcement of how email votes should now be counted.
The rule is 'Majority of all voting members,' which equates to Yes > (No + ABSTAIN + Non-votes).
The rule applies immediately to new votes, but not prior votes. I asked an IEEE rep who said it even applies to a vote in process.
As such, I feel I must cancel the current MSO vote until we can sort this out and educate all voters to the new rules.
I believe this new rule will work fine, but only if all voting members take the time to determine their position and cast a vote. As such, I will ask the SUO P&P group to take another look at the SUO rules for retaining voting rights. If anyone wants to join this group,
send the message: subscribe suo-policies
to the address majordomo@ieee.org
Incidently, for in-person meetings, IEEE clarified the voting rule to be Yes > No, given a quorum.
Jim Schoening
-----Original Message-----
From: d.ringle@IEEE.ORG [mailto:d.ringle@IEEE.ORG]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 2:03 PM
To: STDS-WG-CHAIRS@listserv.ieee.org
Subject: Message from IEEE-SA Standards Board Chair on Voting Rules
IEEE Sponsors:
I would like to inform you of two IEEE Bylaw changes that were approved by
the IEEE Board of Directors in November 2003. Those changes, which are at
the highest level of IEEE procedures and therefore supercede IEEE Standards
Sponsor and Working Group procedures, affect the IEEE-SA Standards Board
and all other IEEE Standards-developing groups (such as sponsors and
working groups).
The first change concerns how abstentions are considered in any vote held
at a face-to-face meeting or during a teleconference. The rules now state
that abstentions no longer count toward the total number needed to approve
or disapprove an action. What is needed is a majority of the votes cast,
either approve or disapprove, to determine a decision. This change is given
in IEEE Bylaw I-300.4 (1).
The second change covers votes taken via email. Any email ballot needs to
receive approval from a majority of voting members (all official members of
your group) to allow an action to be taken. It should be noted that
unofficial actions, such as straw polls, do not need to follow this rule.
This change is contained in IEEE Bylaw I-300.4 (4).
You can read these two bylaw changes here:
http://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=corp_level1&path=about/whatis/by
laws&file=i-300.xml&xsl=generic.xsl
These changes are now the official rules, and you should begin to follow
them immediately. Any previous actions taken are not affected by these
rules. Please ensure that your Sponsor or Working Group procedures are not
in conflict with these revised Bylaws. Remember that you can default to the
IEEE Bylaws as well.
If you have any questions concerning these new rules, please contact Mary
Lynne Nielsen (m.nielsen@ieee.org) or Dave Ringle (d.ringle@ieee.org.)
Sincerely,
Don
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Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board
Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org
Director, Alliances & Standards
Lexmark International
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